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G. S. LAVENDOL.

APPARATUS FOR RAISING BARRELS 0R KEGS FOR TAPPING.

No. 289,664. Patented Dec. 4, 1888 I WITNESSES: INVENTOR ww'wfl filwrwuckfl wAwm BY wzawx/i ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GABRIEL s. LAVENDOL, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

APPARATUS FOR RAISING BARRELS OR KEGS FOR TAPPING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,664, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed June 14, 1883.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL S. LAVEN- DOL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Barrels or Kegs in Position for Tapping, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, with a buck which is constructed to support a barrel or keg in the proper position for tapping, of a hoisting-gear and a well extending through several stories of a building, so that if the buck is lowered into the cellar a barrel or keg can be readily adjusted thereon in the required position, and if the buck, together with the barrel or keg, is then raised into the tap-room, said barrel or keg can be tapped without requiring any further adjustment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section inthe plane 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 isa vertical section in the plane 3 y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in the plane 22, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

It is a well-known practice in saloons or restaurants where lager-beer or similar liquids are drawn directly from barrels or kegs to keep such barrels or kegs in a cooling-room in the cellar, and to raise them up successively 'from such cooling-room as they are wanted.

For this purpose an ordinary hoisting-tackle is usually employed, by which the barrel or keg can be raised to the floor of the tap-room, whence it has then to be lifted by manual force upon thebuck, and adjusted thereon in the proper position for tapping. These operations require considerable bodily exertion, and, besides this, the hoisting-tackle is an unsightly device in a tap-room. By my apparatus the operations of adjusting the barrel or keg on the buck and of raising the same into the tap-room can be performed with great ease without marring the appearance of any portion of the room.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the floor of the tap-room, and the letter B the floor of the cellar or cooling-room in which the barrels or kegs are stored.

O is a well, which extends somewhat beneath the floor B and a considerable distance above the floor A, and which is formed by four No model.)

posts, a a b b, Fig. 3, which are held in the proper position by the floor-beams below and by traverses above, or by any other-means suitablefor thepurpose. These posts form the guides for the buck D,which is provided with two concave saddles, 0 cl, so constructed that a barrel or keg, when placed thereon, is in proper position for tapping. In the bottom part of the well is mounted a shaft, E, which carries two chaiirwheels, e e, and in the upper part of the well are situated two chain-wheels, f f, the chain-wheel f being situated in line with the chain-wheel e and mounted on a stud secured in the traverse 9, Fig. 2, while the chain-wheel f is situated. in line with the chain-wheel c and mounted on a shaft, h, which has its bearings in the traverses ij. This shaft is geared together by cog-wheels lm with a shaft, 11, Fig. 1, on which is fitted a hand-crank, F. A pawl, 0, can be thrown in gear with the cog-wheel m, so as to prevent the shaft h from turning backward when the kegv or barrel has been raised to the desired height. The chain-wheels e fare connected by a chain, G, and the chain-wheels e f by a chain, II. These chains are connected to the buck D by means of screws or studs 1). The hand-crank F is at such a height above the floor A of the tap-room that it can be conveniently turned by a person standing on said floor, and since the barrel or keg must be raised above the shaft it this shaft cannot be carried across the well, and motion is trans mitted to the chain G by means of the chain H and shaft E. The cog-wheels 70 Z m are so proportioned that comparatively little power is required to raise the buck D with the barrel or keg resting thereon.

In front of the well 0 is a trapdoor, I,

raised, and which closes automatically after said barrel or keg has been raised to the proper height. In this position the buck D is retained by the stop-pawl 0, and the barrel or keg resting thereon can be tapped without requiringany further adjustment.

On the side of the well 0 is secured asecondary buck, J, so that the barrel or keg first raised on the buck D can be rolled over upon the buck J, and a second barrel or keg can be raised fortappin g in case it is desirable to have two barrels or kegs 011 draft at the same time.

which opens upward when a barrel or keg is WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a buck which is constructed to support a barrel or keg in the proper position for tapping, of a hoistinggear, and of a Well extending through beneath the floor of the cellar or coolingroom and up above the floor of the tap-room, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. The combination, substantially as here inbefore described, with a buck constructed to support a barrel or keg in position for tapping, of a well composed of posts ca 1) b, which form the guides for the buck, a shaft, E, mounted near the bottom of the well and carrying two chain-wheels, cc, a chain-wheel, f, mounted on a stud in the upper part of the well, and connected with the chain-wheel e by a chain, G, a chain-wheel, f, mounted on a shaft, h, in line with the stud which supports the chainwheel f, and gear-wheels is Z m, for gearing the shaft it together with the drivingshaft 41.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with a buck constructed to support a barrel or keg in position for tapping, of a well composed of posts a a I) b, which form the guides for the buck, the hoisting-tackle for raising the buck, and the secondary buck secured on the side of the well.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GABRIEL S. LAVENDOL. [L. s.]

WVitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

